Palmerton
Zinc Pile Damage
Assessment

This
site has been developed to provide updates on the ongoing natural
resource damage assessment and restoration efforts for the
Palmerton zinc smelting plant, Borough of Palmerton, Carbon County,
Pennsylvania.

Press Release: Restoration Effort Moving Forward with Land Acquisitions as Part of $21 Million Palmerton Zinc Natural Resource Damages Settlement

The Plan is also available at the Palmerton Area Library, 402 Delaware Avenue Palmerton, Pennsylvania 18071. Comments that were submitted during the public comment period are addressed in this FINAL Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment.

The Trustee Council is currently reviewing potential restoration projects. The public can still recommend individual projects for the Trustee Council to consider in implementing the Restoration Plan. To submit a potential project, please use the following form:

The links
below will allow you to view reports and other documents prepared
by the Palmerton
Trustee Council,
including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the
Interior), concerning
the Palmerton Zinc Pile Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration
(NRDAR). If you have any questions concerning information found
in any
of
these
reports
or any other
comments
related to
the Palmerton Zince Pile NRDAR, please contact us via telephone
or email:

Memorandum
of Agreement (1.0MB pdf) Among the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania Game Commission,
Pennsylvania
Fish and
Boat Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
and United States Department of Interior Regarding Natural Resource
Damage Assessment, Restoration, and Other Natural Resource Trustee
Activities for the Palmerton Zinc Pile Superfund Site. November
2003.